Lineman&#39;s climber



J. M. FRISBIE A'ND E. c. TILTON. LINEMAN'S CLIMBER. 'APPLIICATION FILED make, 1918. v

Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

77765 and Ed 6'.- TLZ JAMES M. FRISBIEAND EDGAR c. 'riLTo'mor 'rrroivirson rALLs, MONTANA. v

, LINEMANS CLIMBVE'R.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that-we, JAMES M. FRIsBIn and EDGAR C; TlL'roN, citizens of the United States, residing at Thompson Falls, in the county of Sanders and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Linemens Climbers, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to linemens climbers and it aims to particularly providean attachment to'properly support the foot to withstand strains and evenly bear the weight thereof to overcome the liability of injury to the foot by strains due to unnatural positions linemen must assume and so that light shoes rather than the present heavy ones may be used by linemen to obvious advantage. At the same time,it is a desideratum to so construct the attachment that the combined weight thereof and of the light shoes need not exceed the weight of the present heavy shoes.

e also aim to provide the specific novel construction which will be hereinafter described in detail and claimed. v

In the accompanying drawings, one pre ferred embodiment is shown, wherein Figure 1 is a top or plan view of the attachment;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation Fig. 3 is a bottom view;

Fig; 4 is a .detail sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary side elevation showing our attachment connected to a climber bar, and

Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view of a fragment of the climber bar and our improvement taken substantially along the line 6-6 of Fig. 1.-

Referring. specifically to the drawings, our improvements are attachable to the usual foot-supporting bridge or bar 7 of a linemans climber from which the spurred bar 8, attachable to the leg extends upwardly at one end, and a short bar 9, to mount'the securing straps, extends upwardly from the other end. Our improvements, however, are applicable to linemans climbers in general and therefore no limitation in favor of any particular type is tobe inferred.

Our improvements comprise superposed supports or step sections 8 and 9, shaped generally according to the contour of the sole of the linemans shoe which is adapted to rest thereon and be supported thereby.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' ment will be more eflective.

An arch 10 is provided by bending the section 9' upwardly. Through the heel por- Platented Apr. 6, 1920.

Application filed my 26, 1918. Serial No. 246,850

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tions 11 and 12 of the sections 8 and 9 respectively,fastening means, for instance,

rivets 13, are passed to secure the sections Fnther or both of the sections are together. 7 made from spring or yieldable metal or other material in order to normally have the sole-supporting portions of sections 8 and 9which are designated 14 and 15, separated sothat they may be spread apart to facilitate the'insertion of the, bridge 7 between them and into the arch 10. These portions 14 and 15, however, are held in contiguous relation by means of a clip lug 16, formed for instance on the portion 15 and adapted to slightly overlap the portion 14.

The under surface of the section *8 is adapted to be roughened in any suitable manner so that "when they engage the ground during use, the'degree of engage- Such a means for instance, may comprise a plurality of openings provided at 17. 7

- Inorder that the support maybe attached to the linemans belt or elsewhere when not a in use alinedo enin 's 18 ma be rovided through the heels 11 and 12.

Arch 10, it will be noted, has vertical walls 18 and a crown wall 19. Said wall 19, it will be noted, is started at a distance from one side of the device and extends for a distance beyond the other side of the device as at 20 and 21, respectively.

In use, in order to attached the device to the bridge 7 lug 16 is swung out of overlapping relation with the portions 14 so that the portion 15 will assume the dotted line position of Fig. 2 relatively to the portion 14. Bridge 7 may then be inserted inter mediate the portions 14 and 15, being moved rearwardly and into the space of the arch. After thus connecting the arch, lug 16 may be again brought into engagement with the portions 14 and 15 to hold them in con.-

tiguous relation with the linemans climber and the attachment coupled as described,

and the linemans climber fastened to. the

foot, the portion 8 will extend into the portion 20 and abut theadjacent ends of wall 18 between which it is disposed as shown in Fig. 5. The attachment therefore cannot move pivotally on the bridge 7, but on the other hand is held in rigid relation therewith. The elongated crown wall '21- efiectively fills the space between the parts 7 Attention may be called to the fact that the articles as supplied to the trade, usually have the wall 21 longer than necessary,'so

' that it may be filed or cut to suit different sizes and makes of climbers.

As merely one preferred embodiment has been illustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes in the details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope thereof.

We claim 1. An attachment for a linemans climber having a foot support comprising sections, an arch rising from one of the sections having side walls, and a crown wall connecting said side walls and being spaced from one end of the side Walls and projecting laterally beyond one side of the supports, one of the sections being movable relatively to the other to permit insertion of the climber between them and movement of the climber into the arch said climber adapted to be disposed in abutment with the side walls and the ends of the crown wall.

2. An attachment for a linemans climber having a foot support comprising sections, means to rigidly secure the sections together adjacent one end, one of said sections being movable relatively to the other section and adjacent the other end of the supports, one of said sections having a slit lug to overlap the other section, an arch extending from one of the sections having side walls, and a crown Wall for said arch be= ginning at a distance from the ends of said side Walls for the purpose specified.

3(An attachment for axlinemans climber having a foot support comprising sections, means rigidly fastening the sections together at the heel ends, said sections of said ends being provided with means to facilitate attachment to'a support, one of the sections adjacent the other end beingyieldable relatively to the other section, one of said sections having an integral clip to overlap the other section, an arch integral with one of the sections having side walls, and a crown wall joining said side Walls and starting at a distance from one end of said walls, 7

said crown wall projecting laterally beyond one side of the support. 7

.4. The combination With a linemans climber of, afoot support comprising sections, an arch formed adjacent one end of the upper section having side walls, a crown wall connecting said side walls and extend ing laterally beyond one side of the support for abutment with the vertical side bar of the climber, fastening means rigidly connecting one end of the sections, the upper section at the opposite end being movable relatively to the other section, and means for holding said separable sections together. In testimony whereof we have afliXed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

Vvitnessesz I IRENE Sco'rr, F. L. AUSTIN 

